Profesionaliojo sportininko teisinis statusas Europos Teisingumo Teismo jurisprudencijoje ; Legal status of professional athlete in the jurisprudence of the european court of justice

Abstract

The master thesis Legal Status of Professional Athlete in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice discloses the concept of professional athlete found in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice. The master's work contains a detailed analysis of European Union law on issues arising from both individual and team sports professional athletes. In the first part of master's work analysis of sports regulation under the European Union law is performed and the role of the European Court of Justice in regulation of sport is examined. This section also approaches the issue of professional athlete's dual understanding – a person engaged in sport can be seen both as an employee, that benefits from free movement of workers under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as well as service provider (freedom to provide services is applied). The second part of the master's work discloses the legal status of team sport professional athlete. The first section examines the problem of discrimination based on nationality of professional athlete. The second – professional athlete's status, when the sport organizations agreed on the transfer, otherwise known as the professional athlete's transition from one sport organization to another. The legal status of professional athletes in the individual sports and the main problems they face are revealed in section number three, where cases Christelle Deliège against Ligue francophone de judo et associées disciplines ASBL and David Meca-Medina, Igor Majcen against the European Commission are analyzed.